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morgan had joined us today. he said he would only start talking about this publicly when there was a center. he said this is just proposed. >> well, again, there are two different issues. the study you're talking about is one already conducted, and that is different from what will happen at the center. the center involves interviewing. the study involved actual events interrogation. i think there's a larger issue here. the larger issue is what are legitimate uses of medicine and what should madison be involved in? i think yale has crossed a line. there are the ferry's purposes to which medicine can be used. for example, one could use it to design biological weapons. clearly everyone would agree the yale school of medicine should not be used to help that military objective. but i think using the practice of medicine and as >> -- that research to help design advanced interrogation techniques or even just regular civilian intelligence gathering techniques, interviewing techniques, it is not inappropriate use of med
morgan had joined us today. he said he would only start talking about this publicly when there was a center. he said this is just proposed. >> well, again, there are two different issues. the study you're talking about is one already conducted, and that is different from what will happen at the center. the center involves interviewing. the study involved actual events interrogation. i think there's a larger issue here. the larger issue is what are legitimate uses of medicine and what...
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using a network of journalists from around the hemisphere. the monthly program fills a gaping hole in the retail landscape for spanish speakers. the novelist daniel alarcÓn is the show's executive producer. >> in 2007 i wrote a novel about radio and the bbc asked me to do a documentary about the migration from the city i was born three hours really excited to do this. i was able to hear these amazing stories. a lot of the voices were translated into english. years later my wife and i decided to do something about it. >> we will be joined in a few minutes by radio ambulante's founder and producer, daniel alarcÓn, and producer annie correal it first, i want to turn to one of the stories from their show. it was read live to in recent public performance that takes place in tijuana, the world's busiest border crossing. producer ruxandra 3-d tells the story, which begins with her search for u.s. border guard named angelika desima. >> when i find her, she is a little nervous, wearing the official navy blue of customs and border protection. i've co
using a network of journalists from around the hemisphere. the monthly program fills a gaping hole in the retail landscape for spanish speakers. the novelist daniel alarcÓn is the show's executive producer. >> in 2007 i wrote a novel about radio and the bbc asked me to do a documentary about the migration from the city i was born three hours really excited to do this. i was able to hear these amazing stories. a lot of the voices were translated into english. years later my wife and i...
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sniffer dogs are being used to look for survivors. so far, the authorities have remained tight-lipped about because of the blast. local media are reporting it might have been caused by an electrical gas leak in an adjacent building. but there's been no confirmation or denial of that from pemex. behind this police cordon, operation is continuing and preparing to carry on throughout the night. there are family members of missing workers on the scene, desperately waiting for news of their loved ones. either way, this is the worst explosion in mexico city in 30 years. will grant, bbc news, mexico. >> now business news with jimmy robertson. more news about the world's biggest economy, the united states. >> some of the economic data we have heard recently has been pretty weak, but it has not shown through on the markets. the markets are doing very well. the dow jones had its best january in 20 years. until this week there was a sense of optimism building about improving health of america. the u.s. gdp unexpectedly shrank in the three months
sniffer dogs are being used to look for survivors. so far, the authorities have remained tight-lipped about because of the blast. local media are reporting it might have been caused by an electrical gas leak in an adjacent building. but there's been no confirmation or denial of that from pemex. behind this police cordon, operation is continuing and preparing to carry on throughout the night. there are family members of missing workers on the scene, desperately waiting for news of their loved...
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we are glad you joined us. a conversation with geomagic's ceo, ping fu, coming up. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: started a successful company is never easy, but it may have seemed impossible for ping fu, growing up under mao, and she was sent to a labor camp, where she adored unspeakable hardships. she knew just three english words into her vocabulary and came with little money in her pocket. my favorite, "hellboy." she found her way into software, starting her own software company called geomagic, which she continues to lead as its ceo, and her new book about her remarkable journey is called "
we are glad you joined us. a conversation with geomagic's ceo, ping fu, coming up. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your...
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they never explained to us or even let us know what a concussion was. i had no idea until recently. even since i retired in 2008 from the patriots, i would still experience headaches. i would experience headaches from sunday until tuesday and wednesday. even at times, there's a sense of loneliness, anxiety problems, and sometimes i just get headaches from just being in bright lights. it is tough. people have to understand these players, a lot of their agenda is based on money, but a lot of these players are really suffering read this is for real. i am experiencing now. i am scared to death. i have children and a beautiful wife. i'm scared what will happen to me 10, 15 years from now. >> law concussion were once an unspoken and misunderstood problem, today more than 4000 former nfl players have filed a lawsuit against the league. they contend the nfl, which makes $9.5 billion a year, new hits to the head could lead to long-term brain damage but chose not disclose that information. new rules are being instituted to minimize future injuries. for example, a player can no longer lead wit
they never explained to us or even let us know what a concussion was. i had no idea until recently. even since i retired in 2008 from the patriots, i would still experience headaches. i would experience headaches from sunday until tuesday and wednesday. even at times, there's a sense of loneliness, anxiety problems, and sometimes i just get headaches from just being in bright lights. it is tough. people have to understand these players, a lot of their agenda is based on money, but a lot of...
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want us to find common ground. they want us to try to figure out how to work together. that was a message that i carried throughout the primary and into the general and it won the day and i found that with members of the other party as well. >> representative brooks says her children were instrumental in her campaign. >> it was very exciting to have a lot of 18-year-old seniors in high school involved in the campaign and a lot of young college kids involved. and so we've got to keep them involved because the problems that the country is facing are theirs to inherit. and so i'm going to work very hard to encourage and keep a lot of young people involved. >> brooks wants them to know she understands the challenges they face. she's seen first hand through her children, their friends and her work just how tough the job market is today. >> if we don't turn this economy around and get jobs growing again, we're going to have a generation of young people coming out of school that aren't going to be put on that career path
want us to find common ground. they want us to try to figure out how to work together. that was a message that i carried throughout the primary and into the general and it won the day and i found that with members of the other party as well. >> representative brooks says her children were instrumental in her campaign. >> it was very exciting to have a lot of 18-year-old seniors in high school involved in the campaign and a lot of young college kids involved. and so we've got to keep...
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he's not really one of us. when he was in chicago, you know, running for office, some of his opponents, whether it was bobby rush in 2000 when he ran in congressional race against a former black panther, that whole race was him saying you're not -- >> he he got beat two to one. >> so he's always had to deal with that to some degree. i feel very uncomfortable saying the black community thinks this. you can say that about anybody. but my estimation is that we don't comprehend yet, and this might -- probably won't happen, but if he's defeated, the sensibility of the black community will be somewhat like reconstruction. you know, here we go again. i think it's going to be very difficult period. >> but the people who oppose him often say that anybody who supports him is supporting him only becausee3 of it. look at what happens -- cole lien powell comes out and supports president obama again. colin powell self identifies as a republican, a moderate, but a republican. comes out and supports the president again and joh
he's not really one of us. when he was in chicago, you know, running for office, some of his opponents, whether it was bobby rush in 2000 when he ran in congressional race against a former black panther, that whole race was him saying you're not -- >> he he got beat two to one. >> so he's always had to deal with that to some degree. i feel very uncomfortable saying the black community thinks this. you can say that about anybody. but my estimation is that we don't comprehend yet, and...
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that's what's at stake here for us. it's really not a question about whether people like president obama or whether he doesn't, whether they don't. and i frankly think that president obama has done great ace in 2008, which his ideals was around the questions of transparency and human rights. and that's the piece that we actually need to keep our eye in the next four years. >> you mentioned senator ron wyden a moment ago. he is on the senate select committee. he's allowed to know the legal rational that's being offered for targeted killing, as well as all the countries where the killing is where it's happening. but even he can't get answers. and he's promised to bring these issues up at john brennan's confirmation hearings for cia director coming pretty soon. what questions would you put to john brennan when he goes before the congress to testify on behalf of his nomination for director of the cia? >> i'm not going to quibble with them on the fact that they are really, really, really careful before they put someone on th
that's what's at stake here for us. it's really not a question about whether people like president obama or whether he doesn't, whether they don't. and i frankly think that president obama has done great ace in 2008, which his ideals was around the questions of transparency and human rights. and that's the piece that we actually need to keep our eye in the next four years. >> you mentioned senator ron wyden a moment ago. he is on the senate select committee. he's allowed to know the legal...
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it does raise the question whether they are using the use of legal force as a substitute for detention. and even if they're not, whether that possibility is open for another and ministration in the future. >> jameel jaffer, thank you for being with us, deputy legal director for the aclu. coming up later, we will speak with daniel ellsberg from the pentagon papers and also jacob appelbaum, who just lost a case. he does not have the right, says a federal court, to know when the government is taking his twitter information or email information. next, the controversy in the boy scouts. will the boy scouts of america allow gay leaders, gay members? stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. >> the boy scouts of america board members opened a three-day meeting on monday in which they will consider lifting its controversial ban on openly gay members. the group's national executive board is expected to vote wednesday on the ban which was reaffirmed just last year. on monday group of current and f
it does raise the question whether they are using the use of legal force as a substitute for detention. and even if they're not, whether that possibility is open for another and ministration in the future. >> jameel jaffer, thank you for being with us, deputy legal director for the aclu. coming up later, we will speak with daniel ellsberg from the pentagon papers and also jacob appelbaum, who just lost a case. he does not have the right, says a federal court, to know when the government...
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all of the people, benh zeitlin, everybody, they used to get doughnuts, and they used to put fliers at the bakery. "if anybody wants to appear in an upcoming feature film, poll the number and give us a call." 1 dick armey in the producer, were sitting in the bakery, so i decided to pull the number and go over there and cast. i went over there are, and he gave me a script. he gave the actress a script. we went back and forth with the actress, and we did it well, and i said, "see you later." i went back to the bakery. and then, michael called me back for another reading, and he said, "mr. zeitlin loved the reading." so i went back and did another reading, and i again said, "see you later." i never thought i was going to get it. i was, basically, it "see you later, michael." during that time, i had moved to my bakery to a bigger location, and they were looking for me to give me the part, but nobody knew where i've is back. -- where i was at. there is nobody who knew where mr. henry was at. tavis: the next time you move, let me know where you are going to be. if he cannot find you, there a
all of the people, benh zeitlin, everybody, they used to get doughnuts, and they used to put fliers at the bakery. "if anybody wants to appear in an upcoming feature film, poll the number and give us a call." 1 dick armey in the producer, were sitting in the bakery, so i decided to pull the number and go over there and cast. i went over there are, and he gave me a script. he gave the actress a script. we went back and forth with the actress, and we did it well, and i said, "see...
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and what she told us was when we take care of the land, the land would take care of us. [applause] if we destroy this land, we will destroy ourselves. i am speaking on behalf of the alliance from northern british columbia. it translates to people of the earth. i am part of those people from the northern regions of the northwest territories, down to my cousin's, a navajo of arizona. we formed an alliance to stop the enbridge it will project that plans to bring tar sands will been to the coast of british columbia, which will then be put on tankers to go to the asian markets. the alliance is supposed to irresponsible environmental damaging projects that puts our communities, our water, our culture, our land, our fish, our animals, and most importantly, our plants, at risk free it it puts at risk my neighbors to the east of me that live in the tar sands. the government does not recognize these people. and these people have been dying of mysterious cancers. their water is polluted. their animals are sick. mother earth is sick. enbridge really has brought our communities toget
and what she told us was when we take care of the land, the land would take care of us. [applause] if we destroy this land, we will destroy ourselves. i am speaking on behalf of the alliance from northern british columbia. it translates to people of the earth. i am part of those people from the northern regions of the northwest territories, down to my cousin's, a navajo of arizona. we formed an alliance to stop the enbridge it will project that plans to bring tar sands will been to the coast of...
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they're taking us seriously. the fact that he kind of implicated himself as being the killer of monica quan and her fiance, keith lawrence, they're taking this seriously. but the allegations they want to say our ramblings. it we should take all that seriously. not just teresa evans, but the allegations of recruits or officers singing nazi songs, he gives names of police officers still on the beat that use the "n" word. if they're still on the beach, why? we should talk about the rodney king scenario where the ramparts scandal, have been expanded -- have been promoted critics explain what ramparts is pretty >> ramparts was the big scandal that this country has ever seen the police departments, deftly in california. a lot of people were falsely accused, arrested, a lot of people did jail time, all the sort of stuff before it was shown about 10 years ago to find out there was a lot of myths deeds. public -- misdeeds. public trust was severely compromised. when these allegations,, for people who long mistrusted the l
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thank you very much for joining us from boston. there's a piece in the paper about the president in the "new york times." how he's different this time. tell me what is the, what's the conventional wisdom in washington as to whether the president's mine set is affected in part by the inauguration and also signals he sent to another. >> this is the column you're talking about. if you're thinking about being a first term president glen is sort of -- you have to think through much of the time you're just sitting there waiting to have the voters deliver a verdict on your performance. and think about what obama dealt with in his four years when you just think about the economy crashing and you think about everything that went on overseas all the mistakes they made, all the successes they had. and to have that verdict delivered, you can really almost physically see in some sense of pressure lifting off of him. you do see him be somewhat more confident. you see that more reflect life in his dealings with republicans. but even less so than
thank you very much for joining us from boston. there's a piece in the paper about the president in the "new york times." how he's different this time. tell me what is the, what's the conventional wisdom in washington as to whether the president's mine set is affected in part by the inauguration and also signals he sent to another. >> this is the column you're talking about. if you're thinking about being a first term president glen is sort of -- you have to think through much...
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we see what is happening all around us. this also is the pathway to the future, it would seem to me, in terms of the economy, other aspects challenging the united states. if we were to address climate change the way we address the challenge of something like world war ii, and we said we have to do something about this, we are going to put people to work, we are going to do research and development, conservation, we are going to whether rise buildings from coast-to-coast, the united states could become the world leader in this issue. we begin to develop new products, new automobiles, new forms of energy, and that sort of thing, would become the driving force for industry, going forward, under the way to revitalize the economy. we should be bringing together and the brightest minds in this country for an obsolete long- term campaign to fight climate change. -- absolute long-term campaign to fight climate change. make it like the moon shot. the cliche is a new marshall plan. that is the root got to be following, at this point.
we see what is happening all around us. this also is the pathway to the future, it would seem to me, in terms of the economy, other aspects challenging the united states. if we were to address climate change the way we address the challenge of something like world war ii, and we said we have to do something about this, we are going to put people to work, we are going to do research and development, conservation, we are going to whether rise buildings from coast-to-coast, the united states could...
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the tear gas canisters that we use, first off, we used a cold teargas and then we used the tear gas that was pyrotechnic. it generates a lot of heat. we introduced those creditors into the residence and a fire erupted. >> authorities said christopher dorner's wallet and driver's license were found at the scene. in minnesota, a man has been charged with murder after shooting spree that killed a young boy. nhan lap tran allegedly opened fire on passing cars monday night, apparently at random. a nine-year old boy died after whe was shot in the head while riding in his mother's min.an his mother and a woman in another car were both injured. in maryland, two people are dead after university of maryland student shot his roommate and then took his own life. the gunman had been arguing with his roommates when he brandished a gun and opened fire. the third roommate survived and is expected to recover from his injuries. people around the world are rising up today and taking to the streets to dance on this valentine's day. their actions are part of a global movement to end rape and sexual violence
the tear gas canisters that we use, first off, we used a cold teargas and then we used the tear gas that was pyrotechnic. it generates a lot of heat. we introduced those creditors into the residence and a fire erupted. >> authorities said christopher dorner's wallet and driver's license were found at the scene. in minnesota, a man has been charged with murder after shooting spree that killed a young boy. nhan lap tran allegedly opened fire on passing cars monday night, apparently at...
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as dune pointed out he used some of the same infrastructure used for hacking. he registered a website for basically a mobile phone shop. he was making a little money on the side, and we needed him to confirm that that mobile phone shop was in fact his and that he has a relatively common last name and we needed to make sure he was the same guy who worked at the pla's cyber security institute which basically trains military operations in cyber wars. so the phone call was quite simple. we asked a couple of initial questions, are you the man who works at this university. he says yes. i'm not teaching classes today, i'm outside the city. do you own this mobile phone shop. he says yes. i no longer visit. that was some time ago. and then we begin to ask questions about the hacking activity and the other thing he does. and he quickly set the tone changes immediately he says that's not convenient to talk about right now. we asked him whether he works for the government. he says no i can't answer any more questions and he hung up the phone but he confirmed that the mobil
as dune pointed out he used some of the same infrastructure used for hacking. he registered a website for basically a mobile phone shop. he was making a little money on the side, and we needed him to confirm that that mobile phone shop was in fact his and that he has a relatively common last name and we needed to make sure he was the same guy who worked at the pla's cyber security institute which basically trains military operations in cyber wars. so the phone call was quite simple. we asked a...
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that water boarding yielded useful information. he also denied he played a central role in the agency's torture of suspected terrorists, and suggested he was misled as a cia senior official over the value of information obtained through so-called enhanced interrogation tactics. this is part of his defense of drones for the >> i think there is a misimpression on parts of the american people who believe that we take strikes to punish terrorists past transgressions. nothing could be further from the truth. we take actions as a last resort to save lives when there is no other alternative to taking an action that will mitigate that threat. >> his confirmation hearing was tempered called into recess following multiple interruptions by protesters drawn attention to his leading role in the drone war. members of the group code pink began standing up one by one to condemn the killings of u.s. citizens and civilians abroad until senate intelligence committee chaired by an feinstein brought the hearing to a halt. >> year-old mother and 92-year
that water boarding yielded useful information. he also denied he played a central role in the agency's torture of suspected terrorists, and suggested he was misled as a cia senior official over the value of information obtained through so-called enhanced interrogation tactics. this is part of his defense of drones for the >> i think there is a misimpression on parts of the american people who believe that we take strikes to punish terrorists past transgressions. nothing could be further...
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you cannot use a credit card. if you are foreign tourist in burma you have to bring crisp $100 bills into the country to pay for your hotel because they won't accept credit cards. >> perhaps the biggest obstacle to reform is the military government's track record. >> these have really quite remarkable reforms. now, are they real people ask? you know, some of the opposition people, uh, people who feel that the military government which evolved into the present government is not really legitimate. they, uh, they say, no, these are phony. but also the question is the capacity to deliver on this. after all, there's gonna be an election in 2015, that is a critical election. probably president thein sein will not run again he's older and he's not well supposedly. and the question then will be how much of these reforms can be instituted before 2015? >> a lot of money coming into a poorly-capacitated country where the education was devastated for 50 years. it's gonna make things worse, and if you start investing without a
you cannot use a credit card. if you are foreign tourist in burma you have to bring crisp $100 bills into the country to pay for your hotel because they won't accept credit cards. >> perhaps the biggest obstacle to reform is the military government's track record. >> these have really quite remarkable reforms. now, are they real people ask? you know, some of the opposition people, uh, people who feel that the military government which evolved into the present government is not...
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all of this sudden, the press truck is in front of us and they're taking pictures of us read on this truck was the race director, a feisty guy. he just stopped the bus, jumped off and ran after me. he grabbed me and screamed at me, get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers. he had the fiercest face of any guy i had ever seen. all of this session, big tom, my boyfriend, gave just the most incredible cross body block and sent him flying to the air and landing on the curb. all of this happened in front of the press truck. journalists said, what are you trying to prove? are you a crusader? i said, what? i am just trying to run. then it got very quiet. snow is coming down. nobody is saying anything. i turn to our neighbor again said, arnie, i'm going to finish this race on my hands and knees if i have to read if i don't finish this race, then everybody is going to believe women cannot do it. i have got to finish this race. i finished that race in four hours, 20 minutes. it was not until we stop on the thruway to get ice cream and coffee that we see the newspapers and coverage
all of this sudden, the press truck is in front of us and they're taking pictures of us read on this truck was the race director, a feisty guy. he just stopped the bus, jumped off and ran after me. he grabbed me and screamed at me, get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers. he had the fiercest face of any guy i had ever seen. all of this session, big tom, my boyfriend, gave just the most incredible cross body block and sent him flying to the air and landing on the curb. all of this...
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>> syria is next door to us. and syria has declared itself in a state of war with us. syria has waged several times war against the state of israel. >> right. >> we have a common border there. it's a long border. it's been quiet pretty much since the 1972 yom kippur war. we want to maintain that quiet and there have been some shootings across the border. most of that is spillover. there are some syrian population centers along the border and fighting in those cities. there's some motorarts, some bullels across the boarder. it hasn't been aimed at us. but we have to be concerned there. for a long time before the outbreak of hostilities in syria, before the outbreak of the sig war, we have concluned that bashad and his regime was too costly, too prohibitive for mild middle east security in general. that's been an important ally with iran. it has provided 70,000 rockets to hezbollah. they tried to make a secret nuclear military facility which thankfully doesn't exist anymore. his father was ruthless. but somehow he was ruthless in sort of responsible, predictable. his son
>> syria is next door to us. and syria has declared itself in a state of war with us. syria has waged several times war against the state of israel. >> right. >> we have a common border there. it's a long border. it's been quiet pretty much since the 1972 yom kippur war. we want to maintain that quiet and there have been some shootings across the border. most of that is spillover. there are some syrian population centers along the border and fighting in those cities. there's...
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it is called bitter pill, why medical bills are killing us. it is the longest piece by a single author ever published by time. it took brill seven months to research and write. he analyzes bills from hospitals, doctors an drug companies to paint an extraordinary picture of medical overspendingment i'm pleased to have stef steven brill back at this table, welcome. >> thanks, charlie. >> rose: what got you here this longest piece. >> as you know i like to pick topics where i just feel that i'm curious about them. and for a long time i have just been curious about why health-care costs so much. you know, we've had years of debate about who should pay for health care. how should we do insurance, and who should pay the bills. but i've never seen anyone stop to say hey, wait a minute, how come if will cost you 20 or 25,000 dollars if god-- as you're walking ot of this building, you slip-and-fall and land on your elbow. why will it cost a million dollars if are you diagnosed with cancer, how come, who's getting the money. >> rose: you, because of all
it is called bitter pill, why medical bills are killing us. it is the longest piece by a single author ever published by time. it took brill seven months to research and write. he analyzes bills from hospitals, doctors an drug companies to paint an extraordinary picture of medical overspendingment i'm pleased to have stef steven brill back at this table, welcome. >> thanks, charlie. >> rose: what got you here this longest piece. >> as you know i like to pick topics where i...
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. >> we were still using leaches. >> life expectancy was dramatically different. the idea of 30-year tenure on the supreme court which is now the rule, was unthinkable. the problem is -- it is a problem and a good thing, it is hard to amend the constitution, which is what it would take. a wonderful idea that a couple of law professors are circulati >> the good kind -- >> the good kind. i don't object to ideas. the 18 years on the supreme court staggered every two years. every president got two -- >> strikes me -- >> very reasonable idea. >> no president gets to pack. >> exactly, if you are elected to two terms, four justices, great idea, never gonna happen. >> because? >> because it is hard to amend the constitution. and there is not the kind of political constituency that would -- that mobilized for such a thing that you would -- you can amend the constitution. you think it is a good idea to get rid of terms. >> the process. >> 3/4 of the state legislature, the house and the senate. >> especially given the toxicity of politics today, what a disaster it would be t
. >> we were still using leaches. >> life expectancy was dramatically different. the idea of 30-year tenure on the supreme court which is now the rule, was unthinkable. the problem is -- it is a problem and a good thing, it is hard to amend the constitution, which is what it would take. a wonderful idea that a couple of law professors are circulati >> the good kind -- >> the good kind. i don't object to ideas. the 18 years on the supreme court staggered every two years....
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when we come back, suzanne goldenberg joins us. we will be back in a moment. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with aaron matÉ. >> what donorstrust has given money to a variety of the right wing, denying climate change appears to be its top priority. and analysis by the environmentalist group greenpeace reveals donors trust has funneled a least $146 million to more than 100 climate change denial groups over the past decade. in 2010, 12 of these groups received between 30% to 7% of their funding from donors trust. some included americans for prosperity, the committee for a constructive tomorrow, the heartland institute and the competitive enterprise institute. >> although many donors trust funders are well known, at least two -- are unknown, at least two of its members include validations bank will by the billionaire charles cook, a leading backer of climate denial. for more on donorstrust and the denial of global warming, we're washington, dc byofrom suzanne
when we come back, suzanne goldenberg joins us. we will be back in a moment. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with aaron matÉ. >> what donorstrust has given money to a variety of the right wing, denying climate change appears to be its top priority. and analysis by the environmentalist group greenpeace reveals donors trust has funneled a least $146 million to more than 100 climate change denial...
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join us at pbs.org. as we leave you, the israeli gospel choir from tel aviv performing at congregation rodeph sholom in new york city. ♪ >> major funding for religion and ethics news weekly is provided by the lilly endowment, dedicated to the founders' interest in religion, community development and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america. designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting.
join us at pbs.org. as we leave you, the israeli gospel choir from tel aviv performing at congregation rodeph sholom in new york city. ♪ >> major funding for religion and ethics news weekly is provided by the lilly endowment, dedicated to the founders' interest in religion, community development and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america. designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. and the...
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the merger of american and us air, giving us only four major airlines and less competition. comcast buying nbc universal, also reducing competition. the very wealthy getting a trivial increase in taxes while the payroll tax of working people will go from 4.2% to 6.2%. colossal salaries escalating again, many subsidized by tax payers. the postal service ending service on saturday. what's the picture you get from that montage of headlines? >> well, for me it is captured by the european word "austerity." we're basically saying that even though the widening gap between rich and poor built us up, many of the factors that plunged us into a crisis, instead of dealing with them and fixing that problem, we're actually allowing the crisis to make the inequality worse. the latest research from the leading two economists, saez from the university of california in berkeley, and piketty in france confirms that even over the last five years of the crisis, through 2012, the inequality of wealth and income has gotten worse, as though we are determined not to deal with it. all of those headli
the merger of american and us air, giving us only four major airlines and less competition. comcast buying nbc universal, also reducing competition. the very wealthy getting a trivial increase in taxes while the payroll tax of working people will go from 4.2% to 6.2%. colossal salaries escalating again, many subsidized by tax payers. the postal service ending service on saturday. what's the picture you get from that montage of headlines? >> well, for me it is captured by the european word...
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and they used it. they said one of the executives fv executives in german said yeah, not him, qu use him for quirky minor parts. and that hurt. >> yeah. >> because i was really not just years and years and years, but my whole-- my whole everything i put in what i do. so i tried to, tried to get my own stuff together. started writing. started directing, povies fall ago part for the same reason y would he direct. can make a living as an actor. literally i heard that. and i lost faith. i didn't lose my pig headness but i lost faith. and all of a sudden, you know, quentin plucks me out of that, and puts me in exactly the context that i always wanted to be in. and all of a sudden i had the feeling that yeah, what i am after and what i have to offer is actually welcome. >> and there has been a continuation of that. >> yeah, it's really-- i say that every other day. i feel like having to go down on my knees and thinking whofer it is. >> i'm overwell amed by the story, just the sheer, knowing what you had put
and they used it. they said one of the executives fv executives in german said yeah, not him, qu use him for quirky minor parts. and that hurt. >> yeah. >> because i was really not just years and years and years, but my whole-- my whole everything i put in what i do. so i tried to, tried to get my own stuff together. started writing. started directing, povies fall ago part for the same reason y would he direct. can make a living as an actor. literally i heard that. and i lost faith....
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certainly from us. and we didn't do-- in the financial products business that aig had where they rented out their credit rating, that's what they z that is the most precious asset that we have. and candidly, i am just being honest with you, it never even occurred to me to do it i look back on that and i asked myself was it because i wasn't sufficiently sophisticated to see it as an alternative that i rejected. or was it because i think about my business in a certain way that it didn't even occur to me. it never occurred to me to do it and when i saw what they had done it was eye-popping. eye-popping. >> rose: eye-popping. >> yeah. >> rose: because you it never imagined it. >> couldn't imagine that you would-- i mean aig-- . >> rose: why do you think they did it? >> you know, i think that you asked about leadership before. and i get asked a lot about financial crisis and why. i-- my experience, anyway, has been that most people in organizations try their best to do what the leadership tells them to do. t
certainly from us. and we didn't do-- in the financial products business that aig had where they rented out their credit rating, that's what they z that is the most precious asset that we have. and candidly, i am just being honest with you, it never even occurred to me to do it i look back on that and i asked myself was it because i wasn't sufficiently sophisticated to see it as an alternative that i rejected. or was it because i think about my business in a certain way that it didn't even...
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meteorologist robert speta is joining us with the forecast. >> yes, gene, we have been watching this for a few days create havoc across portions of madagascar with the rain pushing onshore. farther to the west near mozambique, you are seeing continuous flooding from this storm and moisture from the past several weeks. this is just going to be making the situation that much worse. the winds are now at 148 kilometers per hour, a category 1, weak category 2 equivalent of a hurricane if it was out in the atlantic. but it is starting to push off to the east. there are some towns here or cities along the southwestern portions of madagascar to be at highest risk for storm surge and flooding as it does push overhead. it will gradually weaken after it pushes out farther to the east, but definitely a very serious situation to watch the next several days, and not just here in madagascar but the moisture flow here i was talking about farther to the north, over 100 deaths have been reported here in the last several weeks. so this is something we need to watch here throughout the next several days
meteorologist robert speta is joining us with the forecast. >> yes, gene, we have been watching this for a few days create havoc across portions of madagascar with the rain pushing onshore. farther to the west near mozambique, you are seeing continuous flooding from this storm and moisture from the past several weeks. this is just going to be making the situation that much worse. the winds are now at 148 kilometers per hour, a category 1, weak category 2 equivalent of a hurricane if it...
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we -- countries want us. i can tell you, charlie, from having sat around tables where people want to know what the united states will do and how we behave with others. >> rose: at the same time, many people also say they want to have confidence that the united states will do what it says it will do as well. >> i have to say what i find very sad now-- and this won't surprise you-- is the fact that we seem dysfunctional and that we are not fulfilling what we say we will do and i think that weakens america and certainly creates problems internationally for the rest of the world and for us. >> rose: it's not only a question about our leadership but also about the political leadership? the country, isn't it? >> i think very much so. what troubles me a lot is that at this stage there's not a lot of confidence in any institutions. it's true in this country and it's true internationally. so one of the things we started talking about the former foreign ministers, what we talk about is what can be done to restore confi
we -- countries want us. i can tell you, charlie, from having sat around tables where people want to know what the united states will do and how we behave with others. >> rose: at the same time, many people also say they want to have confidence that the united states will do what it says it will do as well. >> i have to say what i find very sad now-- and this won't surprise you-- is the fact that we seem dysfunctional and that we are not fulfilling what we say we will do and i think...
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jess bravin from the wall street journal will join us. back in a moment. ♪ [music break] [laughter] [applause] this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> stuart couch, if you could, talk to us about your decision to tell your superiors you did not feel you could prosecute this case because of the issues of possible torture? >> well, juan, it was sort of an incremental thing. i was receiving this information from a criminal best to gator that he was bleeding from his unofficial sources. after setting the tone-setting the u.n. torture provision, i found was an article that said any evidence derived as a result of torture was inadmissible in any proceeding. and so i was trying to figure out, ok, what is any proceeding? as i could tell from the source material behind you and torture convention, i came to the legal conclusion that included a military commission as we were conducting them at that time under the order of november 2001. i then turned to the ethical concern about
jess bravin from the wall street journal will join us. back in a moment. ♪ [music break] [laughter] [applause] this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> stuart couch, if you could, talk to us about your decision to tell your superiors you did not feel you could prosecute this case because of the issues of possible torture? >> well, juan, it was sort of an incremental thing. i was receiving this...